Flight A End of Day Chip Leader Sung Jin Yun

Flight A of the APT Taipei 2026 Main Event is a wrap.

The opening flight of the TWD 55,000 Main Event drew a massive 514 entries (359 unique), packing into Red Space, Taipei, and battling it out at the tables over ten 60-minute levels.

This huge turnout makes Flight A the second-largest Main Event starting flight in APT tour history.

With 510 OnLive entries having already competed on Natural8 , this brings the Main Event field up to 1,024 entries in total, with three live starting flights left to play out over the next two days. 72 survivors from the OnLive events will be joining Day 3 when all remaining survivors will be in the money.

Late registration remains open for the first level on the two respective Day 2 flights, so the field is expected to grow further even after the Day 1 flights are in the books.

After nearly twelve hours of play at the tables 199 players were left standing to bag up their chips to take through to Day 2A on April 29.

It was South Korea’s Sung Jin Yun who closed out the flight with the chip lead, bagging an impressive 365,100 chips. Close behind Yun was Singapore’s Shun Gui Toh with 360,200 chips and rounding out the podium in third spot was Yun’s compatriot Manwoo Park with 348,300 chips.

MAIN EVENT FLIGHT 1A TOP TEN STACKS

A plethora of APT regulars took their seats in the opening flight of the event to try and build a healthy stack to take through to Day 2, but most fell by the wayside. The likes of Germany’s Rene von Reden, and India’s Nishant Sharma will be looking to jump in one of the remaining three flights to get a stack to take into Day 2.

Frankie Cucchiara Through to Day 2

On the flip side, a few notable players did manage to bag up for the day, including Germany’s Martin Sedlak with 170,700 chips, Mauritian David Ng with 140,200 chips and the USA’s Frankie Cucchiara and Joseph Cheong with 130,700 and 115,900 chips respectively.

David Ng Bagged Up for the Day

HCL regular from Taiwan Andy Tsai, popularly known as AndyStacks is putting in an appearance here in Taipei and has made it through to Day 2 with 88,800 chips.

Andy 'Stacks' Tsai

For a full list of all flight A survivors with chip counts click, HERE.

There are still an additional three live starting flights for the event, starting with flight B, which kicks off at 11.00 am tomorrow, April 27.

Play has now concluded for the day and the remaining players are now bagging up their chips.

They will carry these through to Day 2A on Wednesday, April 29, and combine with the survivors from Flights 1C, 1D and 2A.

Stay tuned for the top ten chip counts and full survivors list.

Junneyoung Park opened from under the gun and Yi Chun Yu moved all in from the small blind. The pair had pretty even stacks, with Park covering by only 1,400. Park called, and the pair flipped their hands.

Junneyoung Park: K Q

Yi Chun Yu: J T

Park was ahead, and Yu needed to improve to stay alive. Yu's luck was in as he flopped the straight on the Q 9 8 board.

There was no change for Park as the board ran out 9 and 7 .

He was forced all in as he was in the big blind in the next hand and Thanapong Chalokool raised from a middle position and was his only opponent.

Junneyoung Park: J 9

Thanapong Chalokool: A 2

Neither of the players hit on the 4 Q 7 8 9 runout, and it was the end of the road for Park.

The floor has announced that the remaining 206 players will play 5 more hands before bagging up and returning for Day 2A.

Yu Chien Kung

Action folded around to Soonmin Kwon on the button who made it 2,800 to play, only for Yu Chien Kung to three-bet all in from the big blind for 24,800. Kwon thought for a while and made the call.

Yu Chien Kung: K Q

Soonmin Kwon: A J

Just the flop that Kung ordered came of 4 6 Q to send him into the lead.

No dramas on the 5 turn nor the 8 river and Kung was pushed the pot for a double up.

The cards were already on their backs with Tsz Hin Chow all in and at risk for his last 21,500 from middle position and covered by Yu Chang Fan in the cutoff.

Tsz Hin Chow: K T

Yu Chang Fan: A K

Chow looked to the board for help and the J 8 4 flop brought in some hope.

The 9 turn gave him an open-ended straight draw, but the 6 river didn't bring it in.

Chow was eliminated from the tournament with less than one level of play left in the day.

Nishant Sharma

Aleksandr Sergeev raised to 2,800 from under the gun and action folded around to APTC 2025 Main Event Champion Nishant Sharma who three-bet all in for 21,200.

Sergeev went into the tank for a short while stating, 'I feel that I will call', before flipping in one chip to signify the call.

Nishant Sharma: A Q

Aleksandr Sergeev: Q T

Not the flop Sharma was hoping for of A T T but he still had outs for the redraw to stay alive.

The J on the turn wasn't one of them nor was the 6 river and Sharma was sent to the rail.

Chi Hang Chang

Chi Hang Chang open jammed from an early position for his remaining 13,000 and action folded around the table to ChengNan Tseng who asked for a count, before making the call.

Chi Hang Chang: K T

ChengNan Tseng: K Q

Chang went to get up from his seat after seeing Tseng was ahead and reading the 7 6 2 flop, but sat more comfortably after seeing the T turn.

A 9 kept Chang ahead, and he was saved from a late night elimination, sitting back with a more comfortable stack.

Dinesh Alt

A number of players are still joining the field late into the day. Florin Eduard, Soo Jo Kim and Dinesh Alt have either bought or rebought into the event after the break. The current number of entrants sits at 494, just shy of reaching a staggering 500 player field.

Others trying their luck in the last two levels of play include:

Trung Guan Nguyen

Others have tried their luck but didn't make it to the end of the tournament day, including:

Methavee Taveekitvatee

Yu Wu Chun misclick raised to 7,000 from under the gun and action folded around to Methavee Taveekitvatee in the big blind who moved all in for 21,000. Chun didn't like it but made the call to put Taveekitvatee at risk.

Methavee Taveekitvatee: A K

Yu Wu Chun: J T

No troubles for Taveekitvatee on the 9 4 7 flop, and when the A peeled off on the turn she just had to avoid an eight for a double up. No miracle for Chun on the 2 river and Taveekitvatee was shipped the pot for a double up.